Okay Temiz

drums, percussion · 1939 · Istanbul

Born in Istanbul in 1939, Okay Temiz studied at the Ankara conservatory and then settled in Sweden after meeting Don Cherry, with whom he toured in 1971; he founded Xaba in 1972 with Johnny Dyani and Mongezi Feza. He plays copper drums of his own invention derived from the darbuka and, from the mid-1970s, led the ensemble Oriental Wind.

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Styles

• Turkish and Anatolian jazz

Landmark tracks

• Drummer of Two Worlds (1980)
• Tamzara (1981)

Sources

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